Chapter 185. Defense Mechanism
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
“So, can you explain what your medicine is all about?”
Du Yan was squatting at the wall, wagging his tail and talking to Xiao Ba.
That’s right.
He squatted on the wall and wagged his tail because he was no longer a human being.
Xiao Ba looked guilty: “It’s just… actually, it’s not my fault.”
Du Yan’s face showed no expression because apart from the fur, people couldn’t tell any expression from a cat’s face.
This matter really can’t be blamed entirely on Xiao Ba. Du Yan always felt that he was also responsible. When he saw Shao Lingheng unconscious, he was still a little anxious.
Earlier, Du Yan heard Xiao Ba asking him to fell asleep, and thought that he couldn’t just leave Shao Lingheng in the sky garden to stay in the wind all night, so he tried to find a way to carry him to the bed.
For a sleeping adult man who has a long-term fitness habit, it was still quite difficult to move. In addition, the room was on the second floor, and Du Yan accidentally knocked Shao Lingheng to the ground.
Even so, Shao Lingheng showed no signs of waking up, and Du Yan became anxious. After carrying Shao Lingheng to the bed, he fell asleep without asking too many questions.
As a result, the process of entering the dream was completely different from the past. Du Yan was dragged directly into the dream before he could understand the situation in the dream world.
When he opened his eyes, he had turned into a cat.
Yes.
A cat. Du Yan lowered his head and looked at the tangled fur on his body with disdain.
He tried to suppress the instinct in his body and refused to lick the long fur that was so gray that its original color could not be seen.
But things have come to this point, complaining won’t change anything.
Du Yan thought about it and decided to find out the situation first. He asked: “I don’t blame you, I just want to find out the situation.”
After hearing this, Xiao Ba calmed down a little and began to explain the working principle of the medicine.
The mythological beasts of the higher magic planes have lived in the world for too long, and it is not uncommon for their bloodlines to be scattered across various planes. However, among these bloodlines, most people will never be able to awaken their bloodlines in their lifetime.
The others are no different from an ordinary human being, and after their bloodline awakens, such as Du Yan, they will soon be discovered by the supervisor of the higher magic plane, who will send assistants like Xiao Ba to come.
On the one hand, it helps the awakened bloodline understand the information related to their own bloodline, and on the other hand, it prevents the awakened bloodline from doing things that harm ordinary people.
There were too many special conditions on Shao Lingheng. After Xiao Ba returned, he reported all the conditions. The feedback he got in the end was that Shao Lingheng was very likely to have some special bloodline, but it had not yet awakened.
Du Yan’s dream eating caused his bloodline to awaken, but it was unknown how long this awakening process would take. Du Yan did not have any more time to wait for Shao Lingheng’s bloodline to awaken, so Xiao Ba found a way to get this medicine.
After Xiao Ba explained the cause and effect, Du Yan asked: “So the function of your medicine is to help people who have not awakened their bloodline to awaken?”
Xiao Ba shook his head repeatedly: “No, that medicine is a banned medicine. We law-abiding demons will never use it. This medicine will not have any promoting or inhibiting effect on Shao Lingheng’s bloodline awakening. It can only be regarded as a detection function.”
“How to detect?”
“You know, a person’s subconscious mind is the one that knows them best. The function of this medicine is to help them enter the subconscious level of dreams.”
When his bloodline just awakened, Du Yan systematically studied the dream-related information from the information database of Xiao Ba. Human dreams are divided into several levels, the deepest of which is the subconscious level.
Because of the body’s self-protection mechanism, subconscious dreams are generally completely closed and can not be entered. Forcing one to enter will cause irreversible harm to the dream master.
Generally, people with Birch bloodline will only be active in the first or second layer of the dream world when they dream.
It seems that the medicine that Xiao Ba brought back built a safe passage to the subconscious dream layer.
Du Yan asked: “What is the form of the subconscious dream world?”
Xiao Ba said: “It depends on the individual. The only thing that is certain is that everyone will show their truest self at the subconscious level. In other words, at the subconscious level, you can see a Shao Lingheng whose bloodline is fully awakened.”
Du Yan observed the surrounding environment. This is the modern world. Apart from this, there is nothing special to see.
He then asked: “So now I have come into his subconscious dream? Things shouldn’t be that simple, right?”
Xiao Ba felt guilty when he mentioned this and hurried to explain.
The effect of the medicine is to help the dream master go down layer by layer and finally enter the subconscious dream state.
According to the normal usage method, after Shao Lingheng falls asleep, Du Yan should take the medicine into his dream and then find the Lord of Dreams in the dream world.
When the Lord of Dreams falls asleep, he can enter the next level of dreams through medicines and repeat this process over and over again, finally entering the subconscious level.
Xiao Ba paused and continued: “You also know that in the accident just now, Shao Lingheng was forced to fall asleep under the effect of medicines. So this dream was a little out of control, and you were directly pulled into it, and we didn’t know the identity of the dream master in advance.
Du Yan understood what was going on and said: “So what I have to do now is to find Shao Lingheng in this dream world, and then when he falls asleep, I can enter the next level of dream through him.”
If this is the case, then the difficulty is not too great.
After all, most of Shao Lingheng’s dream worlds are based on his movies. Du Yan only needs to collect relevant information and figure out which movie it is, and he will naturally know Shao Lingheng’s identity.
Xiao Ba was about to respond but suddenly received another message, and then he remained silent for a long time.
“Xiao Ba?”
Xiao Ba finally spoke, and his voice sounded even more guilty: “Du Yan, I just sent the monitoring data of this dream world to the main body, hoping that they could help analyze it. Now I have received a response…”
When Du Yan heard his hesitant tone, he felt that something might be wrong.
“You speak. I’m cool headed now.”
“The thing is, Shao Lingheng was forced into a sleeping state. In this state, the subconscious defense mechanism was activated, and the situation became a little complicated…”
Du Yan said directly: “Come to the point.”
Xiao Ba thought that he had to tell it anyway, so he mustered up his courage and said it all in one breath: “In other words, even if you find Shao Lingheng, you can’t directly enter the next level of dream through him when he is asleep. You must make him trust you completely and open his heart, and then let down all his defenses in front of you and fall asleep.”
“……”
“Oh, by the way, it can’t be a feeling for a pet. It must be kind of I regard you as the most important part of my life feeling.”
Du Yan was silent for a long time and finally let his calm thinking prevail, and then he spoke.
“How do you think I can make someone trust a stray cat completely and treat it wholeheartedly?”
Xiao Ba couldn’t say anything except for remaining silent.
Du Yan raised his hand and wanted to pinch his brow, but what he saw was a furry paw.
He looked at the pink pad of flesh on his palm and tried to hold back, but the sharp nails hidden in the pad still popped out uncontrollably.
Xiao Ba was so frightened that he almost exploded and kept saying: “Wait, wait, Du Yan, calm down!”
Du Yan retracted his claws: “I am very calm, this is just a reaction from not being familiar with the cat’s body. Xiao Ba, please ask another question for me. Why did I turn into a cat?”
This question seems easy, Xiao Ba quickly responded: “Your current condition is probably related to the content of your conversation before he fell asleep. At that time, his mind might have been filled with related content, and he was forced to fall asleep in an instant, which led to this situation.”
Du Yan thought about it for a moment and recalled the conversation between them before Shao Lingheng fell asleep.
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